Mom's Babka

By á-177220

Ingredients

• 4 cups flour
• 1 package dry yeast
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1 stick butter (melted in microwave)
• 1 1/4 cups whole milk
• 4 egg yolks
• 1 cup golden raisins
• zest of 1 lemon

Preparation

Step 1

Mix together 2 cups flour, yeast, sugar salt, and cinnamon. Melt the butter, add the milk to make lukewarm. Gradually add to the dry ingredients, beat at low speed for 2 minutes, then add egg yolks, and additional flour, mix at medium speed with a wooden spoon, gradually stir in remaining ingredients to make a soft dough. DO NOT OVERWORK dough.
Cover and let dough rise until doubled in size, then stir down and stir in (raisins and lemon zest) and let rise again. I let the dough rise the second time in the pans that I am baking the Babka in. Grease the pans.
Brush with egg wash
Bake at 350 for 30-40 minutes.